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Lily Cole's Science Project
When we were in college, we were given a strange science assignment: A Professor asked us to write a paper on the evolution of something, anything, fr
Britt Aboutaleb
When we were in college, we were given a strange science assignment: A Professor asked us to write a paper on the evolution of something, anything, from a scientific perspective. We chronicled the evolution of corsets. It was the only A+ we ever got in science (editor's note: Faran also aced her advanced evolutionary theory class, although she did fail the midterm...). We wonder if Lily Cole is taking a similar route for a political science assignment at Cambridge. The British model has teamed up with "her anthropologist friend Dr. James Suzman", who also happens to teach at her university. The two launched the San Arts and Crafts range exclusively in London this month. The San people live in the Kalahari desert of Botswana, and they usually use blown out ostrich shells to hold their water supply. But Cole thinks the shells should drape the necks of London's fashionable women instead. The jewelry line offers necklaces, bracelets and earrings Lily tells British Vogue, "When I was traveling in Botswana, I was so taken with these women and their extraordinary but primitive working methods, I began looking at ways in which to help them. [Editor's note number two: At this point in the conversation, Faran starts yelling a British accent, "Oh yes! I must save this African nation! Perhaps I can send them all the food that fashion people won't eat!" Anyway, back to Lily...] Each piece can take up to four months to make and the aim of this project is to enable the community to become self-sufficient." Sounds like a positive, and productive, alternative to a 15-page paper on the eating and drinking habits of the bushmen of the Kalahari desert.
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Lily Cole, Fashion Critic
Last week, we wondered at the Coco Rocha blog, a fabulous collage of pert little sentences and pre-model prom pictures. This week, it's Lily Cole's t
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Lily Cole Is Statuesque
Only on a Friday: British Vogue reports today that Lily Cole and her mother have made a plaster cast of her breasts and back, swathed it in an eco-fr
Dance the Pole, Lily Cole
Lily Cole is on the cover of Arena, a British lad magazine. Though she's been naked in some high fashion shoots, she's covered here in assorted bikin
Rebecca Romijn and Lily Cole Double Up
We're still hungry for Phantasmagoria, a retelling of Alice in Wonderland that comes from Marilyn Manson and hits theaters in 2008. The movie stars L


The actress who has been away from the movie scene for years, has starred in a new movie, 'Alter Ego'.
Just like her poster, Red is a dominant colour in her look as she is stunning in this red gown. Also peep the blonde hair....nice!!
Her colleague, Stephanie Linus came to support but took the casual chic route.


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package monocle.law.discipline.function

import monocle.function.At._
import monocle.function._
import monocle.law.discipline.LensTests
import org.scalacheck.Arbitrary
import org.typelevel.discipline.Laws

import scalaz.Equal

object AtTests extends Laws {

  def apply[S: Equal : Arbitrary, I: Arbitrary, A: Equal : Arbitrary](implicit evAt: At[S, I, A], arbAA: Arbitrary[A => A]): RuleSet = {
    new SimpleRuleSet("At", LensTests(at(_: I)(evAt)).props: _*)
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Mix crabmeat or shrimp, cheeses, onions and pimiento in plate.
Beat remaining ingredients until smooth, 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand beater.
Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
* 1 (6 ounce) can crabmeat, drained and cartilage removed, or 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can shrimp, well rinsed and drained, can be substituted for the frozen crabmeat or shrimp.


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The Believers by Zoe Heller
Joel and Audrey Livinoff have been lions in the radical and socialist circles of New York, always at the forefront of every political demonstration, determined to champion the rights of the downtrodden. Now Joel has been stricken; the victim of a stroke suffered in court. He survives, but is left in a vegetative state for months.
Zoe Heller's The Believers follows the Livinoff family during this time of turmoil. Audrey has been married to Joel for forty years. She is still fiercely committed to the principles they have spent their lives defending, passionate about ideas but much less so about her family. Like many caught up in the fight for mankind, she doesn't actually like individuals very much at all, finding everyone deficient and not committed enough. She castigates those around her for failing to live up to her ideals.
The three Livinoff children are working through their own struggles as adults. Rosa, the child most like her parents, has returned from four years in Cuba where she lived in a dirt hut, strangely disoriented and unsure what she believes in. Surprisingly, this daughter of fiercely atheistic parents is drawn to discover what Judaism is about, to find out if it's tenets are what she can believe and commit to.
Karla is a social worker, married to Mike and constantly sure that she doesn't measure up as a woman, a child to her parents, a sufficient wife to her husband. Unable to have children, she and Mike are trying to adopt. Along with this struggle, Karla struggles to make peace between the fiercely fighting members of her own family.
Lenny, the Livinoff's adopted son, is a recuperating drug addict, who has never made his way in the adult world, and who seems always on the verge of another relapse. Strangely, the independent Audrey is most closely attached to Lenny, and refuses to hear anything negative about him or about her enabling of his dependence.
Then there is the scandal that emerges during Joel's long hospitalization. The secret makes each of the Livinoff question what their family stood for, and what the truth of their relationships are. Audrey is unsure if her marriage has been nothing but a farce, while the children wonder if their parents are responsible for their adult difficulties.
Zoe Heller has written an incisive book that examines the morass of family relationships and how tangled they are and what effect they have on the participants' life choices. Readers will examine their own lives in the shadow of the truths that are become evident as the Livinoff family and its conflicts are laid bare. This book is recommended for readers interested in family dramas and how these first relationships have lasting effects on adult lives.
Take Good Care Of The Garden And The Dogs by Heather Lende
Heather Lende writes a weekly newspaper column for the small town of Haines, Alaska. She also writes the obituaries for the townspeople. Take Good Care of the Garden and The Dogs is a series of essays illuminating her life in Alaska as well as the lives of her neighbors and friends. The reader is transported to this different way of life, and emerges understanding what draws people to this remote location.
The essays talk about various items, often touching on tragedy. There is a chapter about Lende's bicycle accident. She was run over by a truck and her pelvis was crushed, nearly killing her. Since Haines has no hospital, seriously ill or injured people have to be airlifted to the States. She spent three weeks away from home and then months recuperating at home. She writes honestly about her feelings, how she felt towards the man who drove the truck that injured her (being a small town, she already knew him) and her gratitude for her recovery as well as the guilt of seeing others who did not survive illness and accidents.
Essays talk about local tribal customs of the native people who make up much of the town, of such disparate items such as bear hunting, peace marches, making raspberry jam, cooking, religious ceremonies, sailing, choirs, and exercise. Throughout every essay runs the thread of the pioneering, study spirit that characterizes the population of Haines, Alaska and the surrounding land.
Readers will be instantly charmed by these narratives. In addition, there is much food for thought and how the reader would process various items. A common reaction to the book is mine; as soon as I turned the last page, I went out and bought the author's other work as I couldn't stand to have my time with this town ended. This book is recommended for all readers.
Revelations by Laurel Dewey
Jane Perry is yanked from her work world as a Detective in Denver by her boss. He tells her that she will be accompanying him to the small town of Midas. A fifteen-year-old boy, Jake, has been kidnapped and the police chief has requested their assistance. The chief is an old buddy of her boss, and he has promised their help.
When they arrive, Jane quickly finds that all is not as you would expect. The chief is openly hostile to her, and argues with each discovery she makes. The parents don't seem to be as upset as one would expect, and even seem to be working against the police by refusing to allow Jake's picture to be put in the paper and by pulling the reward money. They are close-mouthed and fight against any information being released about their family and it's secrets.
They are in the right place to guard secrets. Midas is full of those with secrets and everyone is fine with that. Those whose secrets are known are scorned. The top suspect in the kidnapping case is Jordan Copeland. Copeland spent more than thirty years in prison for killing a young boy, and his land abuts the bridge that was the last known location Jake visited, so he immediately falls under suspicion. When Jane meets him, he stuns her by forming a connection with her and telling her that the case will never be solved until all the secrets are out. Can Jane discover the truth before it is too late?
Readers of Laurel Dewey's other Jane Perry books, Protector and Redemption will be glad to read this newest episode of her work. Jane's personality and secrets are further revealed in this book, and the secrets that make up the framework of the book are steadily uncovered without straining credulity. This book is recommended for mystery lovers.
The Last Letter by Kathleen Shoop
The Last Letter opens as Katherine Arthur opens her home reluctantly to her dying mother and her sister, Yale. Katherine has been estranged from her mother for years, bitter about how their family fell apart after attempting to homestead on the plains in the late 1800's. But, with her mother dying, Katherine discovers letters between her mother and father, and between each of them and their neighbors that opens a door of understanding for her. She looks back at that time with the eyes of an adult rather than those of a child.
The Arthur family comes to the plains in disgrace. Wealthy businessmen, the Arthurs were successful bankers until it became evident that they had used the money to finance their lifestyle. Bitter at the scandal her father caused and the loss of all their money, Jeanie Arthur moves from a mansion to a dugout on the plains; she, her husband Frank, and their four children crammed into a hole in the prairie.
Jeanie attempts to make the best of things, but the plains are harsh and unforgiving. There are bugs and snakes, burning heat, sudden weather changes such as tornadoes and blizzards, and what seem like Biblical plagues of grasshoppers. Life is brutal and a daily struggle to survive. The Arthurs would not survive without their neighbors, and the friendship of the other women is all that holds up Jeanie in this difficult challenge. But tragedy strikes, and the family leaves the plains and splits up. Can Jeanie and Katherine be reconciled?
Kathleen Shoop makes the lives of the pioneer women come alive. The dirt and disease and hard work that is a part of daily life are outlined in a way that is uncommon, transporting the reader to that time and place. She also recreates the interdependency between neighboring families and how strong those friendships were. This book is recommended for historical fiction readers, as well as readers interested in family dynamics.
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The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
Sir Wilfred Hadda, known as Wolf to his friends, leads a charmed life. He has risen from a poor childhood where his father was a woodcutter on a lord's estate, to wealth and power. He has married his childhood sweetheart, daughter of the lord who ran the estate where his parents lived and worked. He is a baron of industry.
All that changes one morning when he awakes to find the police at his door. They believe that he is guilty of child pornography. Desperate to clear his name, he runs from the police, straight into traffic, where he is hit. He awakes from a coma months later, minus an eye, most of one hand, and crippled. His trial for child pornography and financial fraud is quick and he is convicted. His wife divorces him and marries his lawyer. All his friends now despise and revile him.
Hadda is committed to a psychiatric hospital where hard cases like his and various serial killers are kept. He is a model prisoner, totally disconnected from his surroundings. That changes when he is assigned to the new doctor at the hospital, Alva Ozigbo. She helps him delve into his past, and when she is satisfied that he has faced his crimes, she helps get him released on parole.
Hadda goes back home to his parent's small house, which is one of the few things that he still owns. He goes about his life, walking the woods and talking with no one. But those involved in getting him imprisoned start to have incidents occur to them. Is Wolf taking his revenge for his conviction? Was it a fair conviction or was he railroaded?
Reginald Hill cannot write a bad mystery. Most readers know him from his wildly successful Pascoe and Dalziel series. His books are full of believable characters and the plot moves along rapidly. Readers will be compelled to like Wolf against their will and end the book by cheering for him. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
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The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum
Karena Jorge is a successful reporter; most people would love to have her life. But she is thirty-eight and has no outside life; no husband, no lover, no children. Her father is in a nursing home and she doesn't have a relationship with her stepmother, dubbed The Widow. Strangest of all, she hasn't seen her brother in twenty years. Her brother, the person she was closest to her entire childhood and teenage years, her twin.
Then a phone call changes her life. A hospital calls to inform her that her brother was admitted. Charles has been living under the radar since his family had him admitted to a mental hospital when he was eighteen after a suicide attempt. He is bipolar; his obsession tornadoes. He lives as a stormchaser, moving from town to town to witness their fury. Off-seasons he works a series of cash jobs to finance his obsession.
Karena is determined to find him this time and have him back in her life. She joins a stormchaser tour group as a reporter and follows them on a journey to find storms. These aren't Karena's first storms; being Charles's sister meant that she had experienced others. But she was terrified then and the experience hasn't changed for her with one exception. She is drawn to one of the tour leaders, Kevin.
Jenna Blum has written a compelling story of what it means to be a sibling; what we owe to our family and how much we should be willing to sacrifice for them. The reader learns much about the people who are stormchasers and what draws them to focus on such a dangerous activity. Readers also explore the meaning of being bipolar and what effect it has on those around one with the disorder. This book is recommended for all readers.
Ferral's Deathmarch Army
In Prince Kristian's Honor, Tod Langley gave readers the opening book of an exciting new fantasy series, the Erinia Saga. Ferral's Deathmarch Army is the second book in the series and lives up to the promise of the first book.
As the book opens, Kristian's army has been defeated and he and only two comrades have survived the battle. His fiance, Allisia has been captured by the evil sorcerer-king, Ferrell, who swears to make her his own, but only after torturing her to force her to comply. Kristian flees to regroup, but what is left to do? Who can supply the men and arms to help him?
Ferrell has raised an army the like of which has never been seen. His evil powers have allowed him to reanimate the dead and his army is composed of dead men, women, and children. The dead feel no pain. They need no supplies. They never stop fighting; if hit, they rise again. There is no sophistication in their fighting; it is all brute force, but brute force wins when it is overwhelming in numbers and determination to never stop.
As Kristin and Mikhal flee to regroup, they are joined by several individuals representing two warring tribes. Although the tribes are sworn enemies, having fought ruthlessly for a thousand years, there are those in each tribe that recognize that Ferral is their common enemy and if he is not defeated, no one will exist in any land. Kristin is also joined by Cairn, a mysterious swordsman who travels the land, taking revenge for the deaths of his family and love. Can this ragtag group hope to defeat the powerful Ferral before he destroys anything?
Fantasy readers will be well-advised to read this second book in the Erinia Saga. Kristin has matured since the first book, and there are interesting back stories and threads that Langley skillfully weaves together to move his story forward. The pacing is excellent, and the reader finds themselves quickly reimmersed in the saga. This book is recommended for fantasy readers.
Prince Kristian's Honor by Tod Langley
Prince Kristian, soon to be ruler of Erand, has been sent on a mission. Rumors have been circulating that Erand's ancient enemy, Belarn, is preparing to go to war and try to conquer the kingdom. Kristian has been sent to Duellr, where he is to propose to the princess Allisia, and cement a relationship between the two countries so that they can oppose Belarn.
Kristian is a young, spoiled man, unloved by his country due to his superior attitude and determination to have to his own way regardless of the merit of his plans. He is furious at having to propose to please his father, the King, and be used as a pawn in the country's future plans. When he actually meets Allisia, though, he is instantly charmed and pleased at her beauty. He proposes and is disconcerted to realise that she is no happier about the marriage than he is. But as they talk, they begin to form a relationship, and Kristian starts to realise that he has a long way to go in terms of likeability and interactions with others.
Then tragedy strikes. In Belarn, the mad prince, Ferral, has used his unholy knowledge of the dark arts to kill his father and take the throne. He undergoes a ceremony that brings a demon-woman to life, and sends her to Duellr. The demon appears in court, kills the Duellrian king in front of Allisia and Kristian and then kidnaps Allisia, taking her back to Belarn where she is under Ferral's control.
Pandemonium erupts in Duellr. Kristian realises that it is time for him to grow up and take leadership, whether he is ready or not. He rallies his guard and the Duellrian army, and they start to Belarn to defeat Ferral and rescue Allisia, leaving word for his country to raise an army and come to their support.
Still headstrong and unpracticed in military matters and leadership, the war does not go well. Kristian makes decisions against the advice of his military staff, and along with the evil magic of Ferral, these decisions lead to a massacre of the troops. Reeling from the disaster, Kristian and two of his military staff flee, the only survivors. Can Kiristian grow up and take control as he is destined to do? Will he be able to rescue Allisia from Ferrel's control before she is killed?
A new voice in fantasy, Tod Langley has created an exciting new world. Krisitian is not the typical hero. He is vain and stubborn, detested by the men he needs to lead. The other characters are skillfully drawn, and the plot is engrossing. Prince Kristian's Honor is labled Book One of The Erinia Saga. Readers will be well advised to wait for the rest of the series to see if Kristian can become the ruler and man that he needs to be. This book is recommended for fantasy lovers.
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
Jaffy Brown meets Mr. Jamrach as a young street urchin in London. Mr. Jamrach is a wild-animal importer, supplying zoos and private collectors. A tiger escapes and Jaffy, entranced, walks up to him and strokes his nose, no fear evident. Mr. Jamrach recognizes that Jaffy has an affinity for caring for animals and hires him to help in his establishment. Jaffy loves his new job and soon has a best friend, Tim. Tim is another boy in the yard and alternately the best friend and a cruel enemy to Jaffy. Tim has a twin sister, Ishbel, and Jaffy is friends with her also, and feels the start of adult feelings towards her.
As Jaffy grows, he and Tim want more adventure. They find it when word reaches one of Mr. Jamrach's collectors that a real dragon has been spotted. He funds an expedition on a whaling ship to hunt the dragon and capture it to become the centerpiece of the collector's private zoo. Full of excitement, Jaffy jumps at the chance.
Life as a sailor and on a whaling boat is new to Jaffy, but he soon settles in. The work is hard, but he has known nothing more. Birch gives great insight into what a whale hunt was like in those days, the breaching of the whale, men taking to the sea in small boats to defeat these gigantic creatures who could kill them with a swish of their tails, the brutal killing and work of extracting the oil.
After weeks of whale hunting, the boat approaches the remote island where the dragon has been spotted. The Jamrach expedition sallies forth and manages to capture the mystical beast. Loading it back on the ship, they cast off to make their fortune back in London. But the beast brings bad luck and the boat sinks, leaving a few survivors to try to make their way back to their former lives.
Carol Birch's book has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction for 2011, and it is evident why it was selected. Her forte is description, and she effortlessly transports the reader to another time and place. The reader feels what it must have been like to grow up poor in London, to fight the large beasts of the ocean, and to be shipwrecked. She explores the nature of friendship, and what men will do to survive. The reader cannot put the book down, drawn to find out what happens to Jaffy and his comrades. This book is recommended for all readers.
Big In China by Alan Paul
When Alan Paul's wife Rebecca lands the position of bureau chief in China for The Wall Street Journal, Paul did not hesitate to move to support his wife's career. The family packed up their three young children and headed off for a three-year adventure. They landed into the life the expatriate community; gated compounds, private schools and scads of servants to help with the cooking, cleaning, child care and other day to day chores.
Paul saw two reactions to the ex-pat life. One group devoted their energies to recreating their former Western lives in every detail, training their Chinese cooks to produce Beef Wellington and shrimp and grits. Paul chose the other route. He and Becky wanted to experience their time abroad enmeshing themselves in the foreign culture they were surrounded with. They chose to eat native food, take excursions far from the tourist spots and learn the language.
Paul also discovered an added bonus. With so many traditional mooring cut loose, he and others found an amazing freedom. People were free to try careers and follow hobbies they had not had the time to pursue before. For Paul, that meant music.
Paul had come from a musical family; his father a doctor who played in a jazz band all his life. Paul himself had worked as a columnist for years for Guitar World and interviewed many of the top names in music over the years. But he had not pursued a musical career himself, figuring he could never be as talented or successful as those who surrounded him. In China, he found himself meeting some Chinese musicians and along with another ex-pat friend, formed a band. Originally started for fun, the band, Woodie Alan, became successful beyond his wildest dreams and blending Eastern and Western music.
Big In China is a fascinating travel book. The reader learns about Chinese culture through several individuals who are profiled in depth. Alan's love of adventure and his family and friends, as well as his ability to seize opportunities and live life fully are evident. This book is recommended for readers interested in travel writing or music.
The Card by Jim Devitt
Van Stone is a lucky high-school student. He has just landed his dream job as a batboy for his beloved Oakland A's baseball team. As he gets ready for his first day at work, his dad, who is a research scientist and often away, makes amends by giving him a baseball card. It is not the card of one of baseball's superstars but of a player who had a pedestrian career. Van doesn't care, he loves his dad and treasures his gift.
Everything changes for Van overnight. His dad is killed in a car accident. Now Van is the man of the family and responsible for taking care of his mom. Strange things begin happening. Van starts to notice men in dark suits following him and his friends.
The suspense ramps up when Van gets a demand. To keep his mom and friends safe, he must give up the card his dad gave him. Why would anyone want that card? The pace accelerates as Van attempts to evade his pursuers and keep those he loves safe. Is there anyone he can trust to help?
Jim Devitt has written an interesting mystery. The readers learns about the inner workings of a baseball clubhouse and also something of the biotechnology industry along with the mystery. This book is recommended for mystery lovers but will also appeal to sports fans.
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Michigan State's upset of Ohio State last week preserved more than a shot at this year's Big Ten title and College Football Playoff.


SUMER/SoHO data taken at a coronal hole boundary show a repetitive explosive event occurrence rate of around 3 min increasing to over 5 min towards the end of the activity. We suggest that the neighbouring oppositely directed closed and open field lines at the coronal hole boundary undergo repetitive reconnection seen as a sequence of explosive events. The repetitive reconnection may be triggered by transverse oscillations of the flux tubes in the closed field line region. These oscillations periodically separate and bring together the closed and open field lines on the two sides of the coronal hole boundary. An important indicator favouring the interpretation in terms of a kink mode is the observed increase in the oscillation period.


Some suppliers of life science products are clearly better than others. The differences between an average and an outstanding product supplier are hard to find for most organizations. Using inferior products from average suppliers, could have a lot of bad consequences for an organization. A little help in this process is something that is always useful. This article sums up a few outstanding life science product suppliers.
is a company that never fails to bring cutting edge technology to the market. The Lynx Liquid Handling Robot Series Platform is the newest product and is designed to meet the expectations of today. The VVP Pipetting technology takes the guesswork out of measuring pipettes. The product is able to communicate computers like other products from competitors. The edge of this product, is that it is relatively easy to program.
Some suppliers tend to focus on companies with a smaller to middle sized workload. Xiril is one of these companies. Xiril introduced the Robotic Workstation Footprint. This workstation is made in 100 cm and 150 cm sizes. The multiple tasking arms will make labor intensive work a lot easier. Each of these robots is relatively inexpensive. Implementing a robotic workstation from Xiril could be a great first step to automation.
RBC Bioscience is a company that specializes in the isolating of different samples. The RBC MagCore HF48 is the current best product from RBC Bioscience. The system is very user friendly and is able to hold a large quantity of samples at once. 48 Samples can be examined at once and this is a lot compared to competitors. Lynx, Xiril and RBC Bioscience are important companies within the market. They all bring something to the table that differentiates them from competition. GC biotech is a company that offers all these brands (and many more). All the brands that CG biotech offers, are known for their outstanding performance. You can visit the site of CG biotech to see all the life science product suppliers of the company.
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Notable Downgrades: SolarCity (SCTY), Twitter (TWTR), Visa Inc. (V), MasterCard (MA)
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Analysts at Barclays downgraded SolarCity Corporation (SCTY) from 'Overweight' to 'Equal Weight' in a research report issued to clients on Thursday. The target price for SCTY is lowered from $49 to $20 following the co.'s earnings.
On valuation metrics, the trailing 12-month revenue at SolarCity is $355.95 million. SCTY's ROE for the same period is (49.41%).
Shares of the $1.63 billion market cap company are down 66.64% year-over-year and 63.48% since the beginning of the year.
SolarCity Corp., currently with a median Street price target of $47 and a high target of $104, dropped $1.92 to $16.71 in recent trading.
Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) was downgraded from 'Buy' to 'Hold' and the price target was cut to $15 from $35 at Topeka Capital Markets. The firm noted stagnant user growth remains the social network's largest challenge. Twitter was also lowered to $24 from $33 at Axiom Capital following the Q4 results.
Shares have traded today between $13.91 and $14.79 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $13.91 to $53.49 over the last 52 weeks.
Shares of Twitter have lost $0.59 to $14.39 in midday trading on Thursday, giving it a market cap of roughly $9.82 billion. The stock traded as high as $53.49 in April 8, 2015.
BofA/Merrill (BAC) reported on Thursday that they have lowered their rating for Visa Inc. (V). The firm has downgraded the credit card company from 'Buy' to 'Neutral'.
Visa recently traded at $68.26, a loss of $1.85 over Wednesday's closing price. The name has a current market capitalization of $163.92 billion.
As for passive income investors, the San Francisco-based company pays shareholders $0.56 per share annually in dividends, yielding 0.78%. Five year average dividend yield currently stands at 0.67%.
MasterCard Incorporated (MA) had its rating lowered from 'Buy' to 'Neutral' by analysts at BofA/Merrill on Thursday.
Currently there are 28 analysts that rate MA a 'Buy', 2 analysts rate it a 'Sell', and 5 rate it a 'Hold'.
MasterCard was down $1.27 at $82.04 in midday trade, moving within a 52-week range of $74.61 to $101.76. The name, valued at $91.56 billion, opened at $80.15.
On valuation measures, MasterCard Inc. shares are currently priced at 24.49x this year's forecasted earnings. Ticker has a t-12 price/sales ratio of 9.62. EPS for the same period registers at $3.35.
As for passive income investors, the company pays stockholders $0.76 per share annually in dividends, yielding 0.92%.
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Gear check. A typical night of collecting.
After that high of discovering the vein of the then-unknown green phosphorescing mineral (it was willemite. A new mineral for the location!) I decided to host another trip. Unfortunately Jan & Jeff wouldn't be able to come this time around. This automatically made it much more difficult. How confident was I in driving to a remote place I'd only been to once? I had only been there once but I had the GPS coordinates. I decided to continue with the trip anyways. It really came down to the wire this time around. Combine this with the fact that it was raining heavily (flash flood warnings) up until the days before we were going to go collecting. The crew was mostly different this time. Many fresh new faces. I had reached out to people on Facebook and friends of friends. That friend of a friend was Kevin Brady. I had seen him through one of his eBay auctions when I was curious and tried to find out how much the material I was collecting was worth (spoilers: not much!). I saw that the listing mentioned that he was an active FMS member and still takes part. That's when I decided to reach out to him and, to my surprise, he joined this excursion. He was the one that led us to the Princess Pat mine dumps when we all met up. He had been to the mine dozens of times and all of this was a cakewalk for him.
We arrived at around 3:30PM. I decided to organize the trip an hour before sunset because California was experiencing a record two weeks of rain (a drop of water compared to other places I'm sure) and I wanted to make sure everyone had plenty of daylight to see road conditions. We shared stories of past trips, finds, crazy deals we got, upcoming shows - just about every aspect of the hobby as we waited for it to become dark enough. Cliff Jackson even had a portable viewing cabinet with him so that we could easily see fluorescence in the daylight with his Way Too Cool lamp! I definitely need one of those for when I do smaller presentations!
Energy was high once it became dark enough for us to go collecting. I even showed them some of the unknown phosphorescing mineral and everyone including Kevin was amazed. He had never seen anything like it before in his many trips to the Princess Pat Mine. He almost didn't believe me when we were looking at the specimens under Cliff's cabinet. Thought it was hyalite. That was my goal for the night: finding more of that unknown mineral! Possibly sharing some if I found enough to hand out like last time. Unfortunately this is where a comedy of errors begin. I learned one of the biggest lessons as the trip organizer. Don't plan your trip on a full moon! OOPS! Now the moonlight would be competing with our fluorescence. I would comfortably say it beat most of us. All of us were much closer to the ground than we probably should have been considering how we were in rattlesnake and scorpion territory. This coming from the person that brought a 26W homemade lamp. I wasn't quite on the ground but I was in backbreaking low territory. Tammie had a 36W UVTools lamp and even she was constantly on her knees. Kudos to Mr. Don Newsome of UVSystems though on such a focused reflector design. His Superbright II allowed Kevin to comfortably see the fluorescence at normal heights throughout the night. I secretly look forward to the day when shortwave UV LEDs are viable as I hate working with bulbs.


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St James's to Regent's Park Nash Picturesque Route
In 1811 the Prince Regent (later George IV) employed John Nash to design a scenic urban landscape. It was planned as a Picturesque Route from Carlton House (on the site of what is now Carlton House Terrace) to what is now Regent's Park. St James's was the heart of London's government. Regent's Park was then being formed on what was then the outer fringe of London. The Prince Regent lived in Carlton House and planned to have a summer villa in Regent's Park. He would then have had a scenic route along which he could travel to his summer palace. John Summerson described this as a 'processional' route. It can also be described as a 'ceremonial route' but since the summer villa was not built, and there are unlikely to have been processions to a villa in a park, the term 'scenic route' seems most appropriate. This is what it is.
John Nash had been in partnership with Humphry Repton and employed Repton's son (John Adey Repton) to help with the scheme. The aesthetic basis for the urban landscape design is the principle on which Humphry Repton always worked: the creation of a Picturesque Landscape Transition from an urban scene to a rural scene.
The picturesque scenic route from St James's Park to Regent's Park is on the London Gardens Walk and included in the eBook guide to the London Gardens Walk
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ELIZABETH PEYTON
April 5 - May 12, 2012
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Elizabeth Peyton was born in Danbury, Connecticut in 1965, and studied at The School of Visual Arts, New York. Her work has been exhibited extensively in institutions both in America and abroad. In 2008, Live Forever, a survey of Peyton's paintings and drawings organized by the New Museum in New York traveled to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; and the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Holland. Ghost, a recent retrospective of Peyton's printmaking practice, was exhibited at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, and the Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany. Reading and Writing (2009) brought together some of Peyton's literary-infused works at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin. Catalogues were published in conjunction with all of the above exhibitions. In 2005, Rizzoli published the monograph, Elizabeth Peyton. A new catalogue published by Rizzoli is forthcoming for Peyton's 2011 exhibition at Gagosian, Paris. Her work is included in major public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; the Saint Louis Art Museum, MO; the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany; and the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland. She lives and works in New York.
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"First Cut" a Group Show at M Herrington Gallery, Venice California
M. Herrington Gallery is a new contemporary fine art gallery located in Venice, California. It's first show is entitled "First Cut" featuring art from Mari Andrews, Britt Bass, Melissa Herrington, Cait O'Connor, and Michelle Weiner.
The word cut can take on different forms and meaning given its context. Each of the artists contend with the verb; Carving, gathering, reducing, and intersecting their media to produce bodies of work. The gallery as a whole asserts the noun form; Pronouncing its design and style, but most importantly, its fit within the broader spectrum of the Los Angeles art scene.
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George Condo at Prism, West Hollywood, California
Acutely gifted in technique, Condo's style often recalls Old Master painting, while his devotion to portraiture displays an enduring fascination with archetypes, character and psychology. Over three decades, Condo has painted hundreds of characters into being, working from his imagination to fuse the existing and the fictitious. His paintings are at once erotic, aberrant, humorous and absurd. Condo is celebrated for pushing his characters towards the beautiful and grotesque, finding the tension between attraction and repulsion, comedy and tragedy. George Condo is considered one of the most prolific and influential American artists working today. Over the last 30 years he has drawn upon the painting vocabularies of Velázquez, Tiepolo, Goya and Picasso, while developing a singular language of his own. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout his career in Europe and America and is held in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Ministère de la Culture, Paris and Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona. In the last twelve months a major traveling survey of his work George Condo: Mental States has been presented at the New Museum, New York, the Hayward Gallery, London and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. This is the first solo exhibition of Condo's work at PRISM.
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by Terry Rodgers
As a former field surgeon in Afghanistan, Heather Fontaine is used to life-or-death situations. She just didn't expect them to follow her home. When she returns from a party to find that someone has broken into her house—and threatened her friends—she assumes it is the stalker who has been following her and creeping her out. She hopes to find safety and peace of mind by leaving the city and hiding out in a small town. But trouble has followed her even there.
Luckily, a stalker isn't the only one watching Heather. Travis Walker has been secretly watching out for her for weeks. As owner of his own security agency, it's what he does. Together, Travis and Heather must figure out who wants her dead—and why—before it's too late.
Bestselling author Lynette Eason recently spent some time with The Big Thrill discussing her latest thriller, ACTIVE DEFENSE.
I hope readers will be so engrossed in the story that hours seem like minutes, and they refuse to turn the light off because they can't close the book until they know how it ends. In other words, I wish many sleepless nights for my readers! LOL. I also hope they take away a sense of "justice was served" in this world where justice isn't always the end result. I like satisfying endings and satisfying endings equate to happy endings. To me anyway. So I do hope the readers are sad the story had to end, but happy it ended the way it did. I hope that makes sense!
Lynette Eason
I wouldn't say anything surprised me, but there are so many layers to law enforcement that I always learn something new to apply to the story—and sometimes future stories. I can't thank my two FBI buddies who read every single one of my stories—and fix them—enough. Without them, I'd be lost!
So. Many. Authors! LOL I write for the CBA, so in that area, Terri Blackstock, Dee Henderson, Colleen Coble, and Irene Hannon are my top CBA influencers. In the ABA, I love James Patterson, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Lee Child, Katie Ruggle, Brenda Novak (her Hanover House series is phenomenal), and so many more. I'd need a lot more room to list them all!
I love that the good guys win. LOL I'm a big fan of justice and people getting caught when they do bad things. Ha. So this kind of genre is perfect for me. I loved reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys as a young girl, and I wanted to be Nancy. But I was also a big ol' chicken, so I settled for living through the stories. When I got older, I moved on to Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, and others. So I think when I decided to write a story, this genre was kind of a no-brainer for me.
Lynette Eason is the bestselling author of Collateral Damage and Acceptable Risk, as well as Protecting Tanner Hollow and the Blue Justice, Women of Justice, Deadly Reunions, Hidden Identity, and Elite Guardians series. She is the winner of three ACFW Carol Awards, the Selah Award, and the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award, among others. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has a master's degree in education from Converse College. Eason lives in South Carolina with her husband and two children.
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Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes
NASA probe OSIRIS-REx 'boops' asteroid Bennu in historic mission
Building blocks of language evolved 30-40 million years ago
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This white paint keeps surfaces cooler than surroundings, even under direct sunlight
New research reveals why low oxygen damages the brain
Thermal vision of snakes inspires soft pyroelectric materials
Player behavior in the online game EVE Online may reflect real world country
Scientists have developed a white paint that cools below the temperature of its ambient surroundings even under direct sunlight. Their research, published October 21 in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, demonstrates a radiative cooling technology that could be used in commercial paints, that could be less expensive to manufacture, and that passively reflects 95.5% of sunlight that reaches its surface back into outer space. In contrast, commercial "heat rejecting paints" currently on the market only reflect 80%-90% of solar irradiation and cannot achieve below-ambient temperatures.
Converting heat into electricity is a property thought to be reserved only for stiff materials like crystals. However, researchers—inspired by the infrared (IR) vision of snakes—developed a mathematical model for converting soft, organic structures into so-called "pyroelectric" materials. The study, appearing October 21 in the journal Matter, proves that soft and flexible matter can be transformed into a pyroelectric material and potentially solves a long-held mystery surrounding the mechanism of IR vision in snakes.
We vibrated earthworms to learn about safely connecting human brains to computers
This year, my colleague Andrey Pototsky and I were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for our experimental work involving vibrating living earthworms.
Reimagining the shape of noise leads to improved molecular models
Tenacity comes naturally to a guy who hails from the "mule capital of the world." That trait has stood Columbia, Tennessee, native Elliot Perryman in good stead as an intern at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Last fall, he began working with staff scientist Peter Zwart in the Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA) through the Berkeley Lab Undergraduate Research program.
The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity
Gaining a better understanding of the limiting factors for the existence of stable, superheavy elements is a decade-old quest of chemistry and physics. Superheavy elements, as are called the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 103, do not occur in nature and are produced artificially with particle accelerators. They vanish within seconds.
Astronomy and Space news
After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), astronomers have investigated a magnetized O-type star known as NGC 1624-2. Results of the study, presented in a paper published October 15 on the arXiv pre-print server, indicate that the star has a complex magnetospheric structure, what could have implications for our understanding of origin and evolution of magnetic fields in massive stars.
NASA's Perseverance rover bringing 3-D-printed metal parts to Mars
If you want to see science fiction at work, visit a modern machine shop, where 3-D printers create materials in just about any shape you can imagine. NASA is exploring the technique—known as additive manufacturing when used by specialized engineers—to build rocket engines as well as potential outposts on the Moon and Mars. Nearer in the future is a different milestone: NASA's Perseverance rover, which lands on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, carries 11 metal parts made with 3-D printing.
AI and photonics join forces to make it easier to find 'new Earths'
Australian scientists have developed a new type of sensor to measure and correct the distortion of starlight caused by viewing through the Earth's atmosphere, which should make it easier to study the possibility of life on distant planets.
Smile, wave: Some exoplanets may be able to see us, too
Three decades after Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that Voyager 1 snap Earth's picture from billions of miles away—resulting in the iconic Pale Blue Dot photograph—two astronomers now offer another unique cosmic perspective:
Improved model shows gamma rays and gold at merging neutron stars
An international team of astrophysicists under Dutch leadership has demonstrated with an improved model that colliding neutron stars can emit gamma rays. Old models did not predict this and faltered since the merging of two neutron stars in 2017 that released gamma rays. The researchers publish their findings in the The Astrophysical Journal.
ALMA shows volcanic impact on Io's atmosphere
New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io.
Soyuz MS-17 delivers science experiments to ISS
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft arrived to the International Space Station just three hours after launch on 14 October, with Roscosmos astronauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on board.
Getting run over by a car is not a near-death experience for the diabolical ironclad beetle.
Simple software creates complex wooden joints
Wood is considered an attractive construction material for both esthetic and environmental purposes. Construction of useful wood objects requires complicated structures and ways to connect components. Researchers have created a novel 3-D design application to simplify the design process and also provide milling machine instructions to produce the designed components. The designs do not require nails or glue, meaning items made with this system can be easily assembled, disassembled, reused, repaired or recycled.
Robots deciding their next move need help prioritizing
As robots replace humans in dangerous situations such as search and rescue missions, they need to be able to quickly assess and make decisions—to react and adapt like a human being would. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign used a model based on the game Capture the Flag to develop a new take on deep reinforcement learning that helps robots evaluate their next move.
Microsoft debuts portable data center to bring cloud computing to remote environments
Microsoft Corporation has announced on its website the development of a portable data center that can be used to bring cloud computing to remote environments. In their announcement, Microsoft describes their Azure Modular Datacenter (MDC) as a solution for customers who need cloud computing capabilities in both hybrid and challenging environments. They note also that many places around the world still face immense hurdles in connecting to internet services. They claim their new systems will help to overcome those problems in such regions.
Finally: a usable and secure password policy backed by science
After nearly a decade of studies, the passwords research group in Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute has developed a policy for creating passwords that maintains balance between security and usability—one backed by hard science.
Energy efficient heat pump technology increases the value of homes in the U.S.
Launched this week in Nature Energy, a new study led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) researchers examines the cost of heat pump installation in American households and the effect on house prices and home values. They find that heat pumps not only offer an energy-efficient source of electrified heating and cooling but also increase the value of the average home by adding on average a US$ 10,400–17,000 price premium for households in nearly half of the U.S. states.
Netflix reports a summer slump in subscriber growth
Netflix's subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer months after surging in the spring fueled by pandemic lockdowns that corralled millions of people in their homes.
An electric Hummer? Battery-powered trucks head to showrooms
Seven auto companies have plans to roll out new battery-powered pickup trucks over the next two years, aiming to cash in on a popular and lucrative market for expensive vehicles.
Translation tools, air purifiers: face masks go high-tech
From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings.
After years grappling with Google, Europe has tips for US
The U.S. antitrust crackdown on Google might seem like deja vu for European Union regulators.
An overall picture: The environmental impacts of a new solar cell technology
A more efficient solar panel sounds great. But what if these new panels consume more toxic materials, or their production consumes a lot of energy? Leiden environmental scientists, together with colleagues from the Fraunhofer ISE, address this multifaceted question in a new publication in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.
Robots and humans collaborate to revolutionize architecture
Two Princeton researchers, architect Stefana Parascho and engineer Sigrid Adriaenssens, dreamed of using robots to simplify construction, even when building complex forms.
Nonprofit app aims to help unblock global air travel
A nonprofit foundation is testing a smartphone app that could make it easier for international airline passengers to securely show they've complied with COVID-19 testing requirements. It's an attempt to help get people back to flying after the pandemic sent global air travel down by 92%.
Looking beyond smartphones; Qualcomm launches new tech for 5G network gear
Qualcomm is best known for making processors that power the cellular connection in smartphones. But with the emergence of faster 5G technologies, the company now plans to broaden its reach with a new lineup of chips and software for 5G network gear.
Adobe unveils authentication tool in battle against deepfakes
Adobe Inc. debuted a software tool to help media creators prove their images are real, the latest move by the maker of Photoshop to combat the spread of deepfake technology.
OPD optical sensors that reproduce any color
Photodiodes are optical sensors that convert the energy of light into electrical energy. Organic photodiodes (OPDs) respond quickly and have the advantage of being able to realize colors free from color filters because they can control the spectral response of wavelengths. However, most of the color controlling methods reported so far do not fit the current trends of small, thin screens because they thicken the photodiodes to cause light distortion. To meet such demands, a POSTECH research team has succeeded in producing thin-film organic photodiodes with accurate and simple junction engineering.
MonoEye: A human motion capture system using a single wearable camera
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Carnegie Mellon University have together developed a new human motion capture system that consists of a single ultra-wide fisheye camera mounted on the user's chest. The simplicity of their system could be conducive to a wide range of applications in the sports, medical and entertainment fields.
3-D hand pose estimation using a wrist-worn camera
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) working in collaboration with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of St Andrews and the University of New South Wales have developed a wrist-worn device for 3-D hand pose estimation. The system consists of a camera that captures images of the back of the hand, and is supported by a neural network called DorsalNet which can accurately recognize dynamic gestures.
After explosive growth at Square, Chase launches own version
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The Google antitrust lawsuit: Five key takeaways
The lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Google on Tuesday marks the first major antitrust enforcement case against a technology company since a case against Microsoft began in 1998 and ended in a settlement with the government in 2002. The Justice Department is accusing Google of using anti-competitive business practices to maintain monopolies over its competitors in the online search and advertising industry, and Google is vowing to fight back, arguing that its success does not mean it did anything wrong.
Google's 'free' business model put to test in US antitrust suit
Google's long-running business model based on free services and advertising will be put to the test in the landmark antitrust lawsuit filed this week by the US Justice Department.
Cathay Pacific to cut workforce by nearly a quarter
Cathay Pacific announced plans Wednesday to cut its workforce by nearly a quarter and close one of its short-haul airlines in an effort to survive the "devastating" impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Quibi may have to shut down if buyer not found: report
Quibi, the short video streaming service launched with great fanfare in April, may have to shut down if a buyer isn't found, specialty news site The Information reported Tuesday.
Google's war on all fronts over media, competition and tax
Californian internet giant Google faces a growing list of battles around the world, from tussles in Europe and Australia over fair compensation for media outlets to competition probes on both sides of the Atlantic.
Future wearable electronic clothing could be charged by our own body heat
Thanks to rapid computing developments in the last decade and the miniaturisation of electronic components, people can, for example, track their movements and monitor their health in real time by wearing tiny computers. Researchers are now looking at how best to power these devices by turning to the user's own body heat and working with garments, polka dots and know-how from the textile industry.
Ericsson earnings boosted by 5G network rollouts
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has reported upbeat third quarter earnings, helped mainly by the rollout of 5G wireless networks in China and a strong U.S. market.
Research collaboration COVID-19 cloud testing platform has potential to help beyond pandemic
A population-level disease monitoring system that employs at-home self-swab kits is being expanded today, at no cost to participants, as part of an infection prevalence study in the San Francisco Bay Area. The system could have broader impact on testing not only for COVID-19, but for other diseases as well.
The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case—it could change the face of online search
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for unlawful monopolization. The department says Google's conduct harms competition and consumers, and reduces the ability of new innovative companies to develop and compete.
Amazon extends remote work option to mid-2021 for some employees
Amazon said Wednesday it would extend the option of working from home for many of its employees until mid-2021 as part of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Google monopoly case by US sets stage for multipronged attack
The U.S. Justice Department sued Alphabet Inc.'s Google in the most significant antitrust case against an American company in two decades, kicking off what promises to be a volley of legal actions against the search giant for allegedly abusing its market power.
Fiat Chrysler expanding online shopping options to include used cars
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Amazon's warehouses have more costly workplace injury claims than meatpacking or logging, Washington state says
To reflect the greater risk of injury to workers inside Amazon's high-speed e-commerce warehouses, state officials propose charging the commerce giant a higher workers' compensation premium for its fulfillment centers than for mechanized logging operations, law enforcement agencies, meatpacking plants and more than 260 other Washington industries.
iPhone 12 and 12 Pro first impressions: It's zippier, with an amazing camera
The first thing you notice about the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro is the different feel.
If Google's a monopoly, who is harmed by its market power?
Google has long defended itself against charges of monopoly by stressing that its products are free and that no one has to use them.
Honda, Arizona reach $5 million settlement over air bags
Honda has agreed to a $5 million settlement with Arizona over allegations that it failed to disclose defects in air bags that led to two deaths there, the state's top attorney said Wednesday.
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He makes it look easy, but what climber Will Atkinson does in Coming Up For Air is extremely hard. This short film by Jen Randall points the lens on Atkinson as he sends a new 8a boulder problem at The Plantation in Stanage in England. The problem is a direct start to big air that requires an acrobatic move and massive strength.


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AS IT STANDS
My name is Dave Stancliff. Walk down the road of life with me each day. Share a cup of coffee and see what I have to say. I'm a veteran; an independent thinker; and a retired newspaper editor, columnist, and publisher. All views expressed are mine, unless I note otherwise. I often use satire and parody to get my message across. Read on!
There Will Be a Sunday and Monday Blog Break…
Good Day World!
I'll be too far away from my computer to post anything on Sunday April 6th and Monday April 7th…by design.
Speaking of design…
Molt Taylor is revered as a kind of patron saint of the flying car. His design was so good Ford was interested in buying it.
Despite building the first practical car that could fly, he was unable to get it mass produced however. Find out why in this board.
See you Tuesday.
Time for me to walk on down the road…
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Essay: What Vietnam Was like in 1970 for a 19-Year Old Soldier
Forty-four years ago this month, I was a combat engineer serving in the Republic of Vietnam.
One year earlier, I was a high school student without a care in the world and eager to graduate so that I could get on with life. Be my own boss. You remember what that was like, don't you?
My squad's mission was to sweep for mines on a two-lane dirt road laughingly referred to as Highway 22. We would get up at first light and haul our heavy mine-detection equipment out and take a stroll down that reddish dirt road until we finished, usually at noon.
The VC, who watched our every move from hidey holes, enjoyed putting "Bouncing Betty's" beneath piles of buffalo shit as they knew the odor offended our Western sensibilities. The hoped we'd pass over the putrid piles rather than bother disturbing them. I never saw the trick work, but heard it did somewhere else from guys in other units.
I can tell you that it was no fun probing for live bombs with a bayonet in a stinky mess. I got use to it however, as I got use to everything in that alien world somewhere in the Central Highlands that spring. How I managed remains a mystery to me today.
Army units were assigned to provide us security and walked along both sides of the road bristling with weapons as we did our job swinging those heavy bulky mine detectors. We always had close ground-to-air-support. We could call in "Puff" the Magic Dragon, Spooky, Golf Ball, or Spectre, which were a bunch of assorted gunships made from AC-47s, C-123s, and C-130s.
Our security radioman could call those death-dealers in for a strike in a heartbeat. Charlie knew this and made it a habit not to wander around during the day. He just burrowed down into the ground and waited for darkness. Hoping that the mines he set during the night would kill some invaders during the day. Sometimes I imagined the enemy's eyes following me. Patiently watching. Hoping to see me become a causality.
It was a feeling we all had to get use to. We were on constant alert for the many signs that could mean life or death. I found an old French anti-tank mine one day. Took off my earphones and handed my mine detector to my sergeant. I found it and that meant it was mine.
The earth stopped as I carefully probed the spot and slowly traced around the perimeter of the pressure plate. Time was meaningless. Sweat poured off my brow as I strained to recognize what kind of mine I'd uncovered.
I recognized it even as the sergeant said "French make." That meant it would take at least 500 pounds on the pressure plate to set it off. Excellent for mangling vehicles like American trucks. Once I disabled it I sat down and drank some water from my canteen. I felt like throwing up, but the sensation passed.
Highway 22 overlooked the Song Ba River. To be more accurate, the Ba River as Song means river in Vietnamese. We called it the Song Ba River because that's what someone wrote down on the maps we used. Maybe that someone liked the sound of "Song" and modified the real local name as Americans did so often during the war. Who cares right?
We had allies out in the jungle too. We were staying in the An Khe area along the West bank where some Montagnards lived. They hated the NVA and the VC, so we became allies. The tribe that we had the most contact with was the Jarair. They were tough little nuts who were fierce fighters and who considered the Vietnamese their enemy from ancient times.
They also knew how to live off the land. They picked wild green onions, chopped bamboo shoots, and captured red ant nests using battery bags discarded by Americans. They'd take some of the rice they always carried with them and throw it into boiling hot water along with the green onions, bamboo shoots, and the red ants.
The concoction wasn't bad at all. Kind of a minty tasting. Much better than the fish head stew I once had in a Montagnard village. While we're on the subject of local cuisine, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the Vietnamese Centipede, an orange-legged terror that runs from four inches to eight inches long and has an attitude.
A nearby South Korean unit, we called them ROKS, liked to eat those centipedes. They put them in with their foul-smelling kim che (which already smelled bad enough to gag a maggot). They also ate monkey brains, but I'm not going any further with this.
There was a certain lizard there, about three feet long, that also figured into the local cuisine. I don't know what it's real name was, but we called them "Fuck You" lizards. They hung around trees and in the night you could hear them go: "Tik, tik, tik, phuk yu!" They really sounded like someone saying fuck you. If you listened long enough.
We'd tell new guys that it was Charlie out there taunting us, and that got their attention. Saw a Fuck You lizard with a flashlight one night. It looked like a miniature dinosaur and hissed at me! The next day I saw that lizard's double draped across the back of a young Montagnard boy. He may have been Vietnamese. It's hard to remember some details. It's limp body spanned his shoulders and he smiled when I pointed at it. "Numba one chop chop" he said.
One night I got drunk drinking Tiger Beer with some buddies and somehow ended up walking towards the Song Ba River. Heck I don't know why I did. Maybe to relieve myself. I was drunk. I don't think I was going there for a swim. I clearly remember a young boy coming out of nowhere. He stopped me from getting any closer to the river by pulling on my arm urgently.
I tried to shake him off and fell down on the muddy ground. That was the last thing I recalled when I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache still on the ground. It was early but the sun was rising when a couple of my buddies came looking for me. After giving me a ration for being outside the camp perimeter I told them about the kid.
"One of them, Crow, shook his head in wonder and pointed out to the river. "If you would have gone any further down that bank you would have slide right into rolls of razor sharp barbwire just beneath the waters edge!"
There was nothing I could say that would explain that feeling of having dodged danger like that. I might have drown if I got tangled up in it while drunk. I didn't because some nameless little boy took pity on one stupid grunt that night. It was one of the strangest things to happen to me in my time in country.
This incident happened during the last week of April 1970. We got orders the same week that we were going to Cambodia! But that's another story that may, or may not, be told another day.
I hope this essay helps you understand what it was like 44 years ago for a 19-year-old boy who had to become a man fast in a foreign land. It helps me to share this part of my history and hopefully help people understand war is hell.
For some soldiers like me with PTSD, the war never ended. I live with tortured memories that still come unbidden. Yet, I manage to lead a somewhat normal life (what's that anyway?) and I don't fight my battles every day. Most of the time I'm diverted by my daily routines.
It's the nights that sometimes get really bad, when the nightmares come in terrifying clarity. But medications have lessened their terrors, and I only seem to have trouble certain times of the year…like now. Counselors call it an "anniversary date" and attribute it to extremely bad times in a person's life.
I'm not sure about that. If it were the case, then why not the whole year? At least that's the way it seems to me. I guess it really doesn't matter what anyone calls it; this isn't my best time of the year and that usually extends through June.
Thank you for reading this. It helps to share.
Supreme Court Gives Republicans Something to Cheer About, Again
Our conservative, Republican-loving Supreme Court once again gave the Republican Party something to cheer about.
A 5-4 decision striking down aggregate campaign-finance limits has Republicans dancing in the aisles.
And why not? The plaintiff in the case, Shaun McCutcheon of Alabama, is a Republican, and the Republican National Committee even filed a brief in support of him.
Here's the upshot of this biased decision: NBC's Pete Williams reports it invalidated the limit on how much any individual can contribute to all federal candidates ($48,600) and political parties ($74,600).
A Republican mega-donor like Sheldon Adelson - or a Democratic mega-donor like George Soros –can now donate to an unlimited number of candidates and party organizations, as long as the contributions remain within the caps.
Combined with this latest decision and the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which led to an explosion of spending from outside political groups, it's going to be easier than ever to buy votes.
The Republican Party typically has a wider base of these mega-donors. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, six of the 10 biggest donors to outside groups in 2012 were Republicans - including Adelson at No. 1, who spent a whopping $93 million that election cycle.
But guess what folks?
All that money didn't buy the last election. The thing the Republican Party doesn't seem to understand is until they have a broader appeal – bringing more minorities into the fold – no amount of money is going to buy the presidential election. There's only so many angry white guys, and their numbers don't come near the rest of the population.
Duke Kahanamoku: Let's Go Surfing Now with the 'Father of Surfing'
Surf's up today!
It's time for a people feature. Don't you love reading about interesting people?
Take this guy:
"Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who was also known as an actor, lawman, early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing.
"Duke" was not a title or a nickname, but a given name. He was named after his father, Duke Halapu Kahanamoku, who was christened by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop in honor of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, who was visiting Hawaii at the time.
The younger Duke, as eldest son, inherited the name. His father was a policeman. His mother Julia Paʻakonia Lonokahikina Paoa was a deeply religious woman with a strong sense of family ancestry.
When Duke became a household name due to his swimming feats, many people thought he was of Hawaiian royalty. It was assumed by many that he was a duke and that it was his title. He was a very modest and unassuming man who got a chuckle of being thought of as royalty and never hesitated to set the record straight about his lineage." (via Wikipedia)
I've assembled this learn board featuring longboard legend Duke. It shares a video of him in action (1939 and in color!) and a lot of other interesting things about this fascinating man. Enjoy!
Something tricky this way has come!
I know it's April Fool's Day.
Any fool knows that right?
The internet is full of pranks right now.
News editors, advertisers and search engine operators around the world are letting their hair down and trying to see what they can sneak past the general public.
It can be a challenge to spot the fake among the genuine news.
Here's an interesting round-up of 2014 April Fool's pranks.
If that's not enough for you check out these April Fool's Day jokes.
I'm seriously wondering if Google or someone else is playing a prank on my blog today! I average over 12,000 views daily, but today they've just dropped through the floor!
Yesterday I could look at my stat counter continuously moving – recording views. Today the stat monitor is changing so slowly it's unreal. Only about a sixth of the normal views thus far. I don't know what's happening.
Possibilities: Malware attack; Google prank; some hacker who doesn't like me screwing with stats; or simply a SLOW DAY for views! I guess I won't know for sure until tomorrow.
Posted by ImBlogCrazy at 2:14 PM
Ancient Abydos: 3,300 Year-Old Egyptian Tomb Discovered
I've got an exciting discovery to share with you today.
If you're like me, all things about ancient Egypt are exciting. New discoveries rate 5 stars in this blog. Check this one out:
(In one of the burial chambers the archaeologists found a sandstone sarcophagus, painted red, which was created for a "scribe" named Horemheb.
Credit: Photo courtesy Kevin Cahail) View full size image
A tomb newly excavated at an ancient cemetery in Egypt would have boasted a pyramid 7 meters (23 feet) high at its entrance, archaeologists say.
The tomb, found at the site of Abydos, dates back around 3,300 years. Within one of its vaulted burial chambers, a team of archaeologists found a finely crafted sandstone sarcophagus, painted red, which was created for a scribe named Horemheb. The sarcophagus has images of several Egyptian gods on it and hieroglyphic inscriptions recording spells from the Book of the Dead that helped one enter the afterlife.
There is no mummy in the sarcophagus, and the tomb was ransacked at least twice in antiquity. Human remains survived the ransacking, however. Archaeologists found disarticulated skeletal remains from three to four men, 10 to 12 women and at least two children in the tomb. (Original story at LiveScience)
(Gallery: See Images of the Newly Found Tomb)
The Reason Why Girls Flipped Out When They Saw the Beatles
I've read some interesting things about the Beatles over the years, but one of the most fascinating is this article via Business Week:
"Typically, we equate crying with sadness and fainting with illness.
The truth is, our brains are actually pretty dumb, and any sudden, strong emotion – from happiness to relief to stress – can elicit these vulnerable physical reactions.
Our autonomic nervous system (the "involuntary" nervous system) is divided into two branches: sympathetic ("fight-or-flight") and parasympathetic ("rest-and-digest"). Acting vi a the hypothalamus, the sympathetic nervous system is designed to mobilize the body during times of stress. It's why our heart rate quickens, why we sweat, why we feel ready to run. The parasympathetic nervous system, on the other hand, essentially calms us back down.
The parasympathetic nervous system does something funny, too. Connected to our lacrimal glands (better known as tear ducts), activation of parasympathetic receptors by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine results in tear production. So for those fans relieved to finally see their Fab Four, tears were commonplace.
For others, though, the sudden activation of their parasympathetic nervous system is accompanied by something much more dramatic. A quick drop in blood pressure results from vessels widening and heart rate slowing, hence the fainting.
Fainting, crying … exactly the things you'd want your hero to see you do when you finally meet them, right?"
Snippet from Science Explains Why Girls Went So Crazy For The Beatles
Time for me to walk on down the road…Abbey Road that is!
Check out the Festival of Color in Spanish Fork, Utah today
Every year in the early spring, the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah (approximately 50 miles south of Salt Lake City), hosts one of the largest Festival of Colors events in the Western Hemisphere.
On each of the two days of the festival, scheduled "throwings" of colored powder occur throughout the day. These throwings are preceded by countdowns led by an announcer over a microphone.
Throughout the festival, musicians play traditional music that features the names of God, and they lead the crowd in mantras.
Participants mingle in the crowd in front of a stage where people dance, crowd surf, form conga lines, and generally have fun. Click here for information on the festival today, or, plan ahead for next year.
Here's a link to this year's festival – a Photo Gallery – from the Salt Lake Tribune.
Those who aren't interested in the crowd can eat authentic Indian food, visit the temple's llamas, shop among a variety of vendors, or explore the outside of the temple. The temple's interior is closed during the Festival of Colors to preserve its cleanliness.
Between scheduled throwings, it is entirely commonplace for participants to throw, smear, or sprinkle the colored powder on each other.
This colorful festival in Spanish Fork is based on the Hindu religious holiday Holi (pronounced the same as holy). The celebration of Holi began in northern India but has since spread to southern India, other South Asian countries, and even the rest of the world. Because Holi is celebrated as a two-day event in Spanish Fork, the experience is very different from what one would experience in India, where Holi is celebrated as a holiday that can span several days.
Dr. Charles Nuckolls, a professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University, explains one of the biggest differences: "In India, Holi is not a crowd process. There can be crowds, but that's not really how it works. You don't stand in place and wait for the powder to descend upon you. You could be walking anywhere and somebody pops out and throws color on you." (Via Stowaway)
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Cenveo Completes Sale of Packaging Business; Announces Expected 2015 Financial Results
STAMFORD, Conn.—January 21, 2016—Cenveo Inc. has announced it has completed the previously disclosed sale of its packaging business to WestRock Converting company ("WestRock"). The company also reported expected results for the three months and year ended Jan. 2, 2016. The results are both preliminary and unaudited, and may be adjusted as a result of, among other things, completion of customary financial close review and independent audit procedures. The company expects preliminary net sales for the fourth quarter 2015 to be at least $470 million, compared to net sales of $453 million during the same period in 2014. For the full year 2015, the company expects net sales to be approximately $1.74 billion compared to $1.76 billion for the prior year. The company also expects Adjusted EBITDA for the full year to be near the high end of the previously issued guidance of between $153 and $160 million. The expected results exclude the operations of the Packaging Business as it has been classified in the company's consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations.
Robert Burton Sr., chairman and CEO, stated, "We are pleased not only to complete the sale of our packaging business to WestRock, but also with our expected operating results for the fourth quarter. We saw solid performances by each of our operations, highlighted by continued margin expansion in our envelope segment as compared to the prior year. Additionally, we ended 2015 in an improved liquidity position, reflecting our cash flow generation capability during the last three months of the year. Finally, with the sale of the Packaging Business now complete, we will turn our attention to addressing our nearest bond maturities. I look forward to updating you further on our operating performance, as well as our financing plans during our fourth quarter earnings call to be held next month."
The company also announced that on Jan. 19, 2016, it received notice from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") that it does not presently satisfy the NYSE's continued listing standard requiring the average closing price of the company's common stock to be at least $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive trading days. The notice has no immediate impact on the listing of the company's common stock. In accordance with the NYSE rules, the company will respond to the notice within 10 business days of its receipt as to how Cenveo intends to cure the deficiency and return to full compliance with the NYSE continued listing standards. The company will actively monitor its stock price and evaluate all available options in order to regain that compliance within the prescribed six-month time frame. During that six-month period, the company's common stock will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE, subject to compliance with other continued listing standards. The deficiency does not affect the company's ongoing business operations or its SEC reporting requirements.
Burton continued, "While the recent significant volatility across the global financial markets along with other factors has negatively impacted our share price, we remain confident that our plan will create value over the long term. The completion of the sale of the Packaging Business and our stronger fourth quarter results were important pieces to that plan and reflect some of the momentum that we are seeing towards achieving that plan. Further, we intend to fully satisfy our listing deficiency as soon as practical and within the required time frame."
About Cenveo
Cenveo (NYSE: CVO), with world headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, is a leading global provider of print and related resources, offering world-class solutions in the areas of custom labels, envelopes, commercial print, content management and publisher solutions. The company provides a one-stop offering through services ranging from design and content management to fulfillment and distribution. With a worldwide distribution platform, we pride ourselves on delivering quality solutions and service every day for our more than 100,000 customers.
Source: Cenveo Inc.


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